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Element: contextmenu event

Documents the contextmenu event as firing when users attempt to open a context menu, usually through right click or the context menu key, with browser compatibility caveats.

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Pattern Supported decision Required contract Claim note
Context menu Choose context menu when commands are specific to the object, selection, or location where the user invoked the menu. The menu opens only for the object, selection, or location that invoked it. Supports right-click and context-menu-key invocation plus compatibility cautions.

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